Primary Faculty
George Rutherford, III, MD
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- Epidemiology and prevention of infectious and tropical diseases, with a primary focus on HIV/AIDS; epidemiology of tuberculosis in California, the prevention of childhood injury, immunizations, Hepatitis C, evidence-based medicine and public policy, preterm birth, implementation science and bioterrorism
Jaime Sepúlveda, MD, DrSc, MSc, MPH
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- AIDS, STIs, diarrhea, cholera, geographical information systems, epidemiologic surveillance systems, ethics and health, health system reform, national health surveys, nutrition and health, vaccines, immunizations, implementation sciences, neglected tropical diseases, tobacco control, maternal health, child health
Starley Shade, PhD, MPH
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
Jennifer L. Smith, PhD, MSc
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
Hugh Sturrock
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Assistant Professor
- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- Spatial epidemiology, malaria
Jacqueline Torres, MPH, MS, PhD
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- Epidemiology of AgingGlobal HealthLifecourse
- Social and migration-related determinants of health and aging in the US and Latin America; health effects of immigration policy across the life-course; health disparities; family dynamics and health
Justin White, PhD
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- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological DisordersGlobal HealthImplementation ScienceLifecourseResearch Methods in EpidemiologySocial Epidemiology
- Health economics, behavioral risk factors, tobacco use, global health policy, behavioral economics, applied econometrics, impact evaluation
Lydia Zablotska, MD, PhD
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- Cancer EpidemiologyEnvironmental and Occupational EpidemiologyGlobal Health
Secondary Faculty
Judith Hahn, PhD, MA
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- The use of TB prophylaxis in HIV/TB co-infected alcohol users, as well as interventions to reduce drinking and increase antiretroviral therapy adherence
Hacsi Horvath, MA
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- Medical ethics, HIV/AIDS, emerging infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases, systematic reviews
Thomas Lietman, MD, MPH
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- trachoma
Saam Morshed, MD, PhD
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- Orthopaedics, trauma, post-traumatic arthritis
Edward Murphy, MD, MPH
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- HIV-related transfusion medicine and hematology
Mark Seielstad, PhD
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- Genetic EpidemiologyGlobal HealthInfectious Disease
- The interface of genetic epidemiology and population/anthropological genetics
Affiliate Faculty
Dhruv Kazi, MD, MS
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- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological DisordersGlobal Health
- Health economics, cost-effectiveness, m-health, global health, anticoagulation
Emeritus Faculty
Sarah Macfarlane, PhD, MS
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- Global HealthInfectious Disease
- Maternal and child health and nutrition, health workforce development, and strengthening information and surveillance systems